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Cooper Hicks
2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022HICK08
Cooper Hicks has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Utah Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,986th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 103 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.85 in December 2022 to 14.70, a 47% improvement. Cooper has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 2.87 | top 4.9% | 1,986 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 10.17 | top 14.5% | 3,796 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 7.93 | top 19.4% | 3,087 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 14.70 | 16.76 | top 23.4% | 12,673 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.47 | 13.58 | top 32.4% | 2,542 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.46 | 1:31.31 | top 50.2% | 8,454 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,222 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,595 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 53.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,245 / 6,743 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.70 at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at Back to School Utah 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2024.
- 10 Dec 2022First competition: Utah Snowball Bash 2022. A 27.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Fork PM 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Miles LeBlanc — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Cade Beck — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.